Haunting four words an anorexic young woman was asked by nurses before she tragically ended her own life

Nurses asked a young pistillate suffering from terrible anorexia what her 'secret to being skinny' was soon earlier she died, her grieving begetter has told a coronial inquest.

Jennifer Michelle Matters, 22, took her ain beingness in May 2021 aft a 2 twelvemonth conflict with the eating disorder.

The Adelaide nursing postgraduate and precocious biomedical subject pupil told her friends and household that she was simply 'exhausted' astatine the clip her death, erstwhile she weighed conscionable 29.5kg.

Ms Matters' decease is present the centre of a coronial investigation which began connected Monday, wherever details of her anorexia conflict were laid bare.

Shaun Matters told the inquest that his girl has been admitted to Flinders Medical Centre countless times pursuing her diagnosis.

He recalled however unit often treated Jenni similar a load and claimed that connected 1 juncture 2 nurses asked her for fare tips, the Advertiser reported.

'One time and the caregiver said to Jenni 'oh you're truthful skinny' and describing the eating upset arsenic skinny is simply a badge of honour, it's not thing you bash with eating upset patients,' Mr Matters told the inquest

'Another caregiver asked for fare tips. She said 'what's your secret'?'

Jenni's infirmary admissions were some voluntarily and involuntarily. 

She sought assistance from her GP, psychologist, psychiatrist and dietitian during her 2 twelvemonth battle.

Her heartbroken begetter felt that nurses wanted anorexic patients to permission truthful determination was abstraction for 'real patients'.

He described the infirmary ward acquisition arsenic precise mediocre and claimed that immoderate unit lacked empathy patients.

Mr Matters claimed to person heard a caregiver picture Ms Matters arsenic 'the anorexic successful the country that you request to ticker eat' connected different occasion.

'We had to permission our daughter, that we loved dearly, and archer her it was the champion spot for her,' helium said.

'What the unit don't recognize is that nary 1 chooses this, it's not a choice, it's a disease. It's a devastating illness. 

'They request to cognize it's a illness radical person to effort and retrieve from, which is what it makes it truthful difficult.' 

Mr Matters added the deficiency of backing for those struggling with eating disorders was besides a large issue.

The inquest besides heard however Ms Matters had hoped her decease would 'help others, adjacent conscionable 1 person' and that the transportation of eating upset services would beryllium overhauled.

Outside court, Mr Matters described his girl arsenic a 'wonderful person' who wanted 'to assistance people'.

'(She) was suffering a horrible disease, but inactive wanted to assistance radical to the end,' helium told reporters.

He hoped the inquest volition item the deficiency of resources being allocated to supply attraction for anorexia and different eating disorders.

'If much focus, amended grooming and much resources (are given) from the authorities and national authorities ... past it won't each beryllium for nothing,' Mr Matters said.

The inquest continues. 

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